Anyone interested in donating the money they receive from recycling bottles and cans to the Mission Possible Teen Center can pick up plastic recycling bags and tags at the center, located at 755 Main St. Once the bags are filled, they can be labeled and dropped off at any Clynk location at Hannaford supermarkets. The […]

This is for all you seniors out there who remember thinking your parents didn’t know as much as you did. I knew everything when I was 15 or so. (I must have been almost unbearable.) And by the time I was about 21 or 22, and living on my own in Boston, I would have […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 26, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, cole slaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 26, 4:45-6 p.m., Highland Lake Congregational Church, 1303 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. Beans, ham, hot dogs, cole slaw, potato salad, biscuits, […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 26, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, cole slaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 26, 4:45-6 p.m., Highland Lake Congregational Church, 1303 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. Beans, ham, hot dogs, cole slaw, potato salad, biscuits, […]

A 26-year-old Portland man was arrested early Thursday morning after threatening several people with a knife in a Westbrook apartment. Westbrook police arrested Joseph Boucher for criminal mischief and criminal threatening with a weapon around 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the Main Street area. Boucher was taken to Maine Medical center for evaluation before being transported […]

The University of Southern Maine’s College of Nursing and Health Professions is launching a study led by Associate Professor of Exercise Health and Sports Sciences Janet Whately Blum. This study is examining the effects of calcium on dieting women. USM is looking for pre-menopausal women who are between the ages of 21 to 45; need […]

The annual Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show will be held at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17. On hand at this year’s show will be nearly 175 vendors and displays offering the latest products and innovative techniques for the home and for the garden. The show will […]

The woman who worked nearly nonstop for five months helping provide care for the seized Buxton dogs is taking on a national challenge. Susan Britt, director of operations for the Animal Refuge League, will become the new director of Meet Your Match training, a program run by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty […]

The woman who worked nearly nonstop for five months helping provide care for the seized Buxton dogs is taking on a national challenge. Susan Britt, director of operations for the Animal Refuge League, will become the new director of Meet Your Match training, a program run by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty […]

When Diana Locke adopted Tulip, a 1-year-old Papillon, the dog was missing a toe, a leg and half her tail. “She’s kind of three-quarters of a dog,” said Locke, who owns Paws Applause, a pet supply store and grooming salon in Scarborough. Tulip was one of some 250 dogs seized in August by the state […]